Adhyayan Suman and Kangana Ranaut in a still from Raaz The Mystery Continues

On April 28 morning, the country woke up to a shock of sorts. DNA ran the explosive interview of the long-forgotten Adhyayan Suman, and over the next few days, no one could quite shut themselves out as far as this man is concerned. Many people had to dig Adhyayan Suman back from the past just to be able to place him. Once the oh-remember-that-Adhyayan-Suman sighs were done with, people went on to read what he had to say.

In paragraph after paragraph, the non-Bollywood (and Bollywood) people read what Adhyayan had supposedly had to go through while in a relationship with Kangana Ranaut. "My speaking out is coming from a very emotional space and I don't want to go there again. It's taken me a lot of effort to come out of this and now I am on the brink of a new beginning and a beautiful life from now on. The news channels are talking about me and Kangana again," is how Suman began his near-5000 word interview.

All of us read his version of the relationship that apparently destroyed his life. Suman alleged that Kangana was doing 'black magic' on him. He also said how "Being a metropolitan kid studying in London and New York, I was always away from things like astrology and black magic". While initially Adhyayan managed to gain some sympathy from people, recounting his tales of horror that being with Kangana apparently made him go through, soon the tide turned against him. And indeed, one wonders, how can a person who himself claims to be 'a metropolitan kid' who 'was always away from things like astrology and black magic' accuse his ex-girlfriend of having done black magic on him.

The 'big Adhyayan Suman reveal' made people go back to excavating long-forgotten incidents from the time Kangana and Adhyayan were together. One of these is Adhyayan's allusion to a certain 'panditji' calling Kangana 'pisachini (demoness)' on national television, when the two were on Salman Khan's Dus Ka Dum. A few hours after the interview, someone posted the video in discussion on YouTube. For the record: the pandit did not call Kangana a 'pisachini'. What he said, and Adhyayan conveniently manipulated to his advantage, was 'Inke kundali mein pisach dosh hai.' Well, does it even matter!

People were just about letting Adhyayan's interview sink in when his parents went on to make fools of themselves on national television. In their interview to ABP News, the Sumans 'confirmed' that their son was being done black magic on. They went on to recount how they searched Adhyayan's drawer and found some 'supari' and some other 'weird things'. The seemingly-innocuous betelnut, painted with the Sumans' overtly-crazy imagination, became the objects Kangana used to practice black magic on their son.

And it gets better. The Sumans go on to say how they called their family priest and he confirmed that their son was being subjected to black magic. This comes from the mouth of the parents of the 'metropolitan kid' who was 'always away from things like astrology and black magic'. Adhyayan, who went on to speak for hours about Kangana's black-magic ways, had no word to say about his parents' beliefs in similar superstitions.

About a week after Adhyayan's 'soul-baring' interview, what it all looks like is one grand, carefully-crafted exercise in gaining sympathy. For people who have had the (mis)fortune of watching Adhyayan Suman 'act' on screen, are aware of his 'acting capabilities'. Most people got to know who Adhyayan Suman was after his Raaz The Mystery Continues alongside Kangana hit the screens. Suman has accused Kangana of jeopardising his career. He said how it was because of her that his career could never take off.

At this juncture, maybe it would be beneficial for one to point it out to Suman why he is still deluding himself. Five years after Raaz The Mystery Continues, after Adhyayan's long US break and bouncing back to life, Daddy Dearest tried to resuscitate his near-dead career. The 2014 film called Heartless came and went, and sank without a trace whatsoever. Any illusion anyone might still have had about Adhyayan's acting talents were all taken care of, thanks to that dud of a film called Heartless.

Blaming a woman who has struggled her way up to the top, to winning three National Awards and being the highest-paid female actor in the country is a very easy task. Maybe the entire Suman family should take a long, hard look at themselves and undertake a journey of introspection: where did they go wrong. Maybe the Suman Seniors will realise why being a bit more stern with their son instead of blaming a woman on national television could have done Adhyayan a great deal. And maybe Suman Junior will realise why he can never be anything more than Shekhar Suman's son. Or Kangana Ranaut's ex-boyfriend.

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Posted byananya bhattacharya

People should stop paying attention to Adhyayan Suman and his parents.